Oh where, oh where....

Seriously, where has the past month and a half gone??  Almost 2 months now.

It seems like just yesterday I came back from that trip with Aya, and as it is, August just came and went.  Now September too!

It just dawned on me today, as I got out of the shower, that September is almost over, and it's totally tripping me out.  Like where have I been the past 60 days!?

Almost...like my very own Rip Van Winkle experience, but way way less time.  

Mini concert at Brigham Young University this Friday, so lots (kinda) of preparations for that this week.  It's all Mormon-ed out there, so that might be interesting, performing in Kahuku and repping the fully clothed, no sugar consuming, no alcohol or drug participating, super straightedge community.  These people, as Andy says, "walk the talk."  

Lately I've had these fleeting daydreams about, instead of becoming a lawyer, moving to Japan and becoming one of a growing number of female traditional Japanese musicians.  Like doing nagauta and playing hogaku, noh, or kabuki music.  Yeah, totally unrealistic for LA loving, non-fluent, HI chillin me, but after Hogaku and fue practice today, I was totally just like wow.  I could see myself dedicating my life to playing music like this.  In a way, so much deeper than kumi daiko.

  

It's nice to trick myself into thinking I can do that every so often.  

Maybe there's a way to be a traditional Japanese music playing, practicing attorney.  

That's a good one, right?

I think I'm just real sad this all has to come to an end and I don't see how it'll continue in LA.  But home is home, and there you have it.

One chapter done at that point, the next chapter to begin.

As a subject change, can't wait to see Michael Moore's Love Story.  Just saw him on Colbert and it looks like it's something to anticipate!

Also, going tomorrow to see the Hawai'i showing of "A Song for Ourselves," the Chris Iijima film.  The Endos knew him personally!  They're seriously like local community celebs when it comes to knowing all the big activists of the 60s to the 80s.  Protests, rallies, pilgrimages, newspaper articles and all.  Amazing.  Anyway, that should be exciting.

Speaking of exciting, Kelsey coming in October!  Yay!  Makes me think about how much I'm anticipating my next big trip.  It's like SEA was just the beginning. (right Aya?? haha)